The Metaphysics of Establishments

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 98 (3):434-448 (2020)
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I present two puzzles about the metaphysics of stores, restaurants, and other such establishments. I defend a solution to the puzzles, according to which establishments are not material objects and are not constituted by the buildings that they occupy.

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10.1080/00048402.2019.1622140

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Daniel Z. Korman
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Objects: Nothing Out of the Ordinary.Daniel Z. Korman - 2015 - New York, NY: Oxford University Press UK. Edited by Dana Zemack.
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